I am so excited to share that there's a new necklace at Hamrick Avenue with a very special purpose!

70% of the proceeds of this necklace goes toward my dear friend
Serena Hockey's daily and monthly expenses as she has found a
(unfortunately expensive) place that her currently extremely sensitive
body reacts minimally to. Being in a stable place is vital for her as
she begins to heal from severe, debilitating chronic illnesses.

I am
thrilled to be able to support her in this way, with a necklace inspired
by her deep faith and one of her favorite Scripture passages--this one
stood out to me to choose for her as she has been facing where in the
world, literally, is best for her to go.

When you purchase this piece,
you are supporting not only a small business but also a suffering sister
in her time of need. If you would like to learn more about Serena and
donate to her, please visit here. Thank you so much for taking a look and considering helping Serena in this way! Shop the necklace here.

There's 11 new designs at the Streetlights at Midnight line at Hamrick Avenue! Each print features an original design and is available in a 5x7" and 8x10".

You can view all 11 designs at HamrickAvenue.com. Also, be sure to follow @hamrickavenue on Instagram so you don't miss the new Freebie Friday feature starting this week! Free shareable versions of these designs will be shared over there and available to screenshot for a limited time.

The first new pieces have come to the shop since the rebrand, and I could not be more excited about them!

The "Charissa" necklace and earrings are now in the shop and ready to support a dear friend of mine in her time of need.

I can’t tell you how much it means to have the chance to support Charissa Galbraith
with this jewelry that she inspired. The designs are based on one of her favorite Scripture passages, with each piece coming displayed on a small print of the verses. And the very best part is that 70% of the sales
will go toward Charissa's amassed and future medical expenses as she heals from
years of debilitating chronic illness. I am so grateful to be able to
help in this way, through one of my greatest passions, from the other
side of the country.

We would both so deeply appreciate if you would consider
purchasing the earrings, necklace, or both. It would mean so much to me to sell loads of these and be able
to help my dear friend in this way, through one of my greatest passions. You can see both designs at HamrickAvenue.etsy.com.

If you've been around my blogs, social media, or this site for a while you know about my two small businesses: Katya Valera and Streetlights at Midnight. I am thrilled to announce that they have now combined into a
new home at Hamrick Avenue! I am so excited for all of my
designs to now be available in one place, a place whose name is very
special to me and which offers lots of room for new items and new
collections.

You'll still find Katya Valera jewelry and Streetlights at Midnight prints, cards, and more under their respective lines in the shop, but now there's room for lots of potential!

Be sure to check out the new shop at HamrickAvenue.etsy.com and follow on Instagram and Facebook for a new era in this business! I'm eager to share more on those sites about the meaning of the name, and also be more active with sharing the person behind the business and what drives my passion for these items I offer.

If you've supported Katya Valera and Streetlights at Midnight in the past, I hope you'll support Hamrick Avenue--and if you're new to any of them, welcome!

Katya Valera was honored to contribute to a celebrity Mother's Day gifting this month in association with The Artisan Group.

Recipients included 20 celebrity mothers who received the “I Am Positive” Intention Necklace from Katya Valera's Signify Collection in a basket filled with other handmade goodies. The Signify Collection combines modern minimalism
with symbolism for pieces that add life-changing potential to simple versatility. The "Positive" curved bar necklace is a modern, subtle design intended to encourage a subtle but powerful shift for the wearer:

"If you’re used to thoughts that take the more negative route, trying to
shift those routes to positive can send your mind reeling at first. It’s
a new path with a new landscape that is wholly unfamiliar … yet
beautiful in a strange, exciting way. All it takes is a simple shift in
direction, and your whole body feels the difference. Let this necklace
remind you, when you feel the thoughts headed downward, to angle them up
just slightly; before you know it, they’ll not only be going in the
exact opposite direction, but you’ll find your thoughts wanting to drive
that new, beautiful route more and more."

Kacie Fleming is the founder and soul designer at Katya Valera and is a Princeton, West Virginia native now living in Franklinton, North Carolina.

She shares, "The opportunity to gift mothers with a piece that is not only trendy and lovely but meaningful is especially gratifying, as this piece (and the whole Signify Collection) was inspired by my life-changing journey to health. I am eager to help anyone I can with the knowledge I gained through my experience, even through something as seemingly insignificant but as accessible as a necklace."

To learn more about Katya Valera, The Signify Collection, or Katya Valera's participation in this exclusive event, visit KatyaValera.etsy.com or email katyavalerajewelry@gmail.com.

ABOUT THE ARTISAN GROUP

The Artisan Group® (http://www.theartisangroup.org) is a
premier entertainment marketing group dedicated to representing small business
artisans at the best celebrity gift lounges and press events. The organization
provides a collective sampling of handcrafted products to celebrities and
members of the press at top luxury gift lounges such as those leading up to The
Academy Awards, The Golden Globes, and The MTV Movie Awards.

The Artisan Group also coordinates product placement of its
member's handcrafted products on such hit television shows as Empire, Scandal,
The Voice, How To Get Away With Murder, The Vampire Diaries, Days of Our Lives,
The Young & The Restless, Modern Family, Jane The Virgin and Law &
Order: SVU, among others. Membership in The Artisan Group is juried and by
invitation only.

Katya Valera, in association
with The Artisan Group, will participate in an invitation-only luxury celebrity
gift lounge hosted by GBK Productions on January 5-6, 2018 at an exclusive
location in Beverly Hills, California in honor of the Golden Globes nominees
and presenters.

Kacie Fleming, Katya Valera’s founder and sole designer, is a native of Princeton, West Virginia and a resident
of Youngsville, North Carolina. This opportunity is a full-circle accomplishment for her and Katya Valera, as it comes at a time of great personal victory that inspired the gifted necklaces' collection.

Kacie shares, "The Signify Collection is the result of years of chronic illness
finally concluding in wellness and a new-found desire to help others begin to
also cultivate wellness in their lives through something as simple but
powerful as meaningful jewelry. I am excited for the recipients to enjoy these pieces and for the great good that could come
of adding these tools to their lives and possibly sharing them
with others."

To learn more about Katya Valera, The Signify Collection, or Katya Valera's participation in this exclusive event, visit KatyaValera.etsy.com or email katyavalerajewelry@gmail.com.

ABOUT THE ARTISAN GROUP

The Artisan Group® (http://www.theartisangroup.org) is a
premier entertainment marketing group dedicated to representing small business
artisans at the best celebrity gift lounges and press events. The organization
provides a collective sampling of handcrafted products to celebrities and
members of the press at top luxury gift lounges such as those leading up to The
Academy Awards, The Golden Globes, and The MTV Movie Awards.

The Artisan Group also coordinates product placement of its
member's handcrafted products on such hit television shows as Empire, Scandal,
The Voice, How To Get Away With Murder, The Vampire Diaries, Days of Our Lives,
The Young & The Restless, Modern Family, Jane The Virgin and Law &
Order: SVU, among others. Membership in The Artisan Group is juried and by
invitation only.

My first Ebook, The Dream Plan, is now officially available for purchase!

If you've been hoarding dreams forever and are ready to make them
happen, this 43-page, overflowing resource is for you. I would love for you to take a look at all the details in the shop here and maybe even get a copy for yourself! The new year is coming, and
it's ready for you to make things happen—and The Dream Plan is here to
help.

The key to living your dreams is having a plan. And you're about to have a plan. Purchase your copy here!

I tried to warn you that you never know what I'm going to come up with next. Today, my first Ebook, The Dream Plan, is available for preorder!

If Ebooks could have back covers, here's what The Dream Plan's would say:

"Dream
it. Prove it. Do It. That’s the premise of The Dream Plan. It’s simple,
really. But sometimes the most mind-blowing things are the most simple,
and we just need to hear them from someone else. Behold: The Dream
Plan--a resource-filled, mind-blowing no-brainer guide to introducing
your dreams to reality."

The purpose of this 43-page Ebook is not to tell you what your dreams
are, or to give you suggestions of what to dream, or even to tell you
the actual, individual, concrete steps to reaching your particular
dreams. The purpose is rather to help you prove to yourself that those
dreams can, in fact, be turned into reality and then to help you make a
definite, achievable plan of action to do just that. Inside you'll find:

Chapters devoted to breaking down the barriers inhibiting you from making your dreams happen

The Plan--a simple and straightforward approach to making things happen

Trust
me, this is more than an ebook. I don't just wax eloquent on the fact
that you can indeed make your dreams happen. I arm you with tool after
tool to help you very practically do just that—plus more tools to
continually remind you that you can!

Plus, thanks to this publication being in digital form, you can print the many pages of tools as often as you like, forever!

The Ebook will release on December 8th. Preordering gets it
for you at half the price, PLUS you'll also receive the 8x10"
"Key to Living Your Dreams" printable inspired by the Ebook that's not
even available in the shop yet!

A brand new line has come to Streetlights at Midnight: Stationery! Each note card design is available in singles or packs of 5 (at a discount!), and they are perfect for personalized gifts and wedding thank you notes.

There are several customized designs featuring initials and monograms, thank you cards, and novelty cards. Something for everyone! See them all at
ShopStreetlights.etsy.com.

If you want to cross
multiple people off
your Christmas list with one simple purchase, or maybe even treat yourself to some
happy new jewelry,
this sale is for you! I have now listed 20 jewelry bundles on Katya Valera's Instagram account—that’s right: each bundle contains 2-6 pieces of jewelry
priced as an
insanely reduced set! We’re talking a very small fraction of
their original
prices (like, starting at $12...).

Be sure to read the descriptions for all
the info about
the pieces in each bundle and message me there if you have any
questions. First come,
first served, as only one of each bundle is available—once
they’re gone, they’re
gone!

"Home is sunsets and starlight on hay fields at midnight /
And mountains and fences and love"

A
song that comes from the deepest part of my heart is now on Youtube.
It's propelled by a love for home that perhaps only country dwellers (or
maybe even only West Virginians) can totally understand, a chorus
melody born over a decade ago that's finally found its home, and a very
special birthday on Saturday. 💚

Welcome to my website! Here you'll be able to keep up with the latest
developments in all of my creative endeavors (and there are a lot of
them...): my new blog, The Hope Is Real; my two small businesses, Katya Valera, and Streetlights at Midnight; and my music. And anything else
that my creativity insists on producing. It can be pretty insistent. ;)

And yes, I said "new blog"! If you've been keeping up with me at all on social media this year, you've doubtless noticed that life has transformed lately. So it's only fitting that new me = new blog. Be sure to check it out and learn more about what you can expect over there.

I hope you'll have a look around and check back now and then to see the latest developments. You can also follow by email (sign up at the bottom of this page) and follow on social media here: Instagram | Facebook | Youtube